From Dave Hincy (pronounced Hinsee)
in Donelson high above the Cumberland River overlooking the Howells’s farm in Madison at the end of Neely’s Bend.

Memorial Day turned out dry with sunshine for most! The clouds hung out in the southern counties of Middle Tennessee.
It was one of those odd weekends when the weather just refused to cooperate with the forecast but… WOW!… was it worth it!!

We will see a good chance of rain for Wednesday. That is the first day of June so, hopefully, it won’t be as dry!
We’ve only measured a little more than an inch at the Nashville Airport this May. May is typically the wettest month of the year at a little more than 5 inches of rain.

One thing we have had the past week is beautiful sunsets

Columbia Sunset by Dianne, Jeff and Tara Henson:

Lascassas Sunset by Toni Copous:

Cummingsville Sunset by Courtney Dishman:

Fredonia Sunset by Tim Haddock:

Sunset by Terrie… Don’t Know Where??:

Franklin County Sunset:

Bradyville Sunset:

From a viewer e-mail:

This picture is sent in by Brenda Pullen of Lewisburg, TN. Picture was taken by my brother - in - law Philip Pullen. The Honey Bees were in the Apple Tree in his Back Yard in Cornersville, TN. The honey bee nest is about 3 1/2 to 4 feet long and reaches all around the apple tree. He used a Cannon B20 camera with a 302.8 lens.

Another e-mail:

This was taken while we were returning from Bowling Green to our home base in Macon county on Wednesday. We were at 5500 Ft and as you can see, it was beautiful out.

Trent Dobbs
Flight Paramedic
Air-Evac 19
Lafayette, TN

Feel free to send us your pictures!

Have a great holiday weekend!

Within the weather community, discussions on global warming are about as heated as it gets.

(Did I just type that?)

Let’s be honest: for 99% of us, global warming (global climate change, if you prefer) isn’t something that weighs heavily on our minds on a daily basis. If it’s happening, just turn the air conditioner up a little and all is well, right?

I’m okay with that train of thought, but if you’re one of the millions who live along the ocean (billions, perhaps?) global warming is a little more pressing of an issue.

That’s the topic of this article.

Here’s the gist of the piece:

Assuming it’s happening…one result of global warming would be increased sea levels as areas of ice melt. (If you leave a glass of ice water outside on a warm day, the water level rises once the ice cubes melt. Same idea with the Earth.)

Another result of global warming would be more water evaporated into the atmosphere. Increased moisture would translate to increased rain/snow…but curiously enough, that may actually offset the rising sea levels.

Here’s a look at everyone’s 7th favorite continent:

The map on the right shows ice growth. All the shades of orange/red in eastern Antarctica depict thickening ice sheets, while the blue shades in western Antarctica show thinning ice.

Scientists have long hypothesized that because there’s more moisture in the atmosphere more snow will fall across parts of Antarctica…now they’ve got the measurements to help support that claim. According to the article, thickening ice sheets in eastern Antarctica are slowing the effects of rising sea levels.

Interesting how Mother Nature balances herself out, isn’t it?

This picture was taken by Larry Koehn early Sunday morning (May 15)

Can you believe this picture? Local astronomer/photogropher Larry Koehn has been sending us great pictures over the years of astronomical phenomena. This is one of the prettiest.
This is a 20 second exposure, letting more light in the camera, and making the aurora brighter.

To see more of Larry’s pictures go to:
http://www.shadowandsubstance.com/May2005auroras/May2005auroras.htm

To learn more about the solar storm that caused the aurora, go to Space Weather at:
http://www.spaceweather.com/

I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks!

Recently, the American Meteorological Society started a new certification program to upgrade their broadcast seal of approval (called Certified Broadcast Meteorologist or CBM). I didn’t have to upgrade to the new seal (the old seal remains valid), but I thought that since I’m the “old man” around here, that I should. It required taking a test that had an extensive on line “study guide” to go over. The best part is that I learned some new things while studying. When you’ve been around as long as I have, you can tend to think that you know most everything. Not true. Some of the best new info concerned severe weather. I can’t wait to show my colleagues some of the new tricks that I have learned!